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Thank you for the reasonable response. I agree with your assessment that guns could and should be used for self defense, I'm concerned about the collateral damage, especially when they are used for aggression. It is a shame to have innocent people killed because a nut got a hold of a weapon.
The second point was, who decides what types of weapons are covered under the 2nd amendment? I have not read anywhere that there are parameters of choice or quantity of weapon.
Not sure how you concluded that I have chosen to be defenseless? These discussions should not be an all or nothing proposition, either 50 automatic, high caliber weapons or nothing.
Hopefully we are all on the same page about innocent people being killed, the question is what becomes a good solution to address it.
innocent people aren't being killed by law abiding gun owners.
80% of gun murders happen in urban areas and are gang related.
It is not a gun problem as if you excluded gun crimes related to gangs our gun death rate would be far far lower.
If you want to stop gun violence then start with the major urban areas where most of the violence takes place not with law abiding gun owners.
Deadliest U.S. mass shootings - Timelines - Los Angeles Times
All of these places seem to be in small towns...
innocent people aren't being killed by law abiding gun owners.
80% of gun murders happen in urban areas and are gang related.
It is not a gun problem as if you excluded gun crimes related to gangs our gun death rate would be far far lower.
If you want to stop gun violence then start with the major urban areas where most of the violence takes place not with law abiding gun owners.
Deadliest U.S. mass shootings - Timelines - Los Angeles Times
All of these places seem to be in small towns...
Despite the popular conception mass shootings are very rare. In fact mass shootings account for less than 1% of all gun deaths
Mass shootings rivet national attention, but are a small share of gun violence | Pew Research Center
Focusing on the exception is not going to solve the problem of gun violence.
Deadliest U.S. mass shootings - Timelines - Los Angeles Times
All of these places seem to be in small towns...
Despite the popular conception mass shootings are very rare. In fact mass shootings account for less than 1% of all gun deaths
Mass shootings rivet national attention, but are a small share of gun violence | Pew Research Center
Focusing on the exception is not going to solve the problem of gun violence.
Indeed. And the EBR (evil black rifle by the radical anti-gun loons) is used in less than 2% of all homicides. Twice as many are killed by fist and feet
-Geaux
Despite the popular conception mass shootings are very rare. In fact mass shootings account for less than 1% of all gun deaths
Mass shootings rivet national attention, but are a small share of gun violence | Pew Research Center
Focusing on the exception is not going to solve the problem of gun violence.
Indeed. And the EBR (evil black rifle by the radical anti-gun loons) is used in less than 2% of all homicides. Twice as many are killed by fist and feet
-Geaux
Even more by knives.
What's happening here is that the gun control crowd is focusing their attention on the wrong thing.
Media reports the spectacular not the commonplace. It is a mistake to take the spectacular as the rule of thumb.
Even police forces spend an inordinate amount of time on training to respond to mass shootings.
That time and effort would be better spent on the cause of 80% of gun murders not on the less than 1%
